Reed-bending and tuft-forming apparatus



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L. J. REMMELE REEDl BENDING AND .TUFT FORMIvNG APPARATUS Filed Nov. 19. 192e 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 KN Q - oct. 4.1192-"1,

yl.. J. REMMELE' REED BENDING` AND TUFT FORMING APPARATUS 4 'sheet-sheet 4 Filed Nov. 19. 192s Y INVENTOR.- mimi-@m md, QAA. -4 ATTORNEYS.

vPaiented Oct. 4, 1927. y Y f STATE i l V1,162,355.- A'rENr rricsg,

Louis J. EEivnvrELE, E NEWARK, NEW JE'EsEY, AssrGNoE or ONE-HALE To AMELIA MAIER, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

REED-BENDING .AND TUFT-FORMNG `-APPARATUS. v

This invention relates, generally, to iinprovements in rotary brooms-or brushes of the type generally used with street-sweepers,

traclccleaning apparatuses, or the like; and

the 'present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel device or apparatus for the production of reed-sections, and the application of such reed-sections vby means A vof the said device or apparatus to a holding frame of the characterset .forth in my l `.former Patent No. 1,309,695, issued July 15,"v

I1919,. or to other 'suitably constructedreedreceiving and holding frames.

' VThe present invention has for its principal 15 object, the production of a novel and simply constructed device for j folding reeds tov provide brush-sections or tufts, andv for arranging `such .brush-sections for tuftsin their properly` assembled positions withi 20 .in a brusheframe of the character speci-v y r fied in said above-mentioned Letters-Patent, i' or 4Within anyY other -j suitably constructed brushframe lwith' which said brush-sections ortufts may be employed. v

provide a' device or apparatus linto which cheb-rush material, such as reeds, is supplied in a straightened condition, the device being provided with a folding means'. for folding :"0 the reedsin the middle,I and then locking the bunch of folded reeds, to provide a brush- Y section or tuft, which is then inserted in the brush-frame, while stillheld by the folding device .or apparatus, for attachment of the Y, brush-section or tuftto the brush-frame, by

means of a retaining bar orirod, .after which the folding device or apparatus isopened up y and removed from the `brush-frame, for the folding of another bunch of reeds and the f 40 attachment of the produced brush-section 50 'With thefvarious objects of thepresent invention in view, the present invention yconsists, primarily, inthe novel 'reedffolding and brush-section producing device or apparatus hereinafter more fully set forth ;l

and, the said invention lconsists',l further:

The invention has for a further object toy .y and 2,V and the said view illustrating in con.y

` ,'Appiication med Noveriiioei 19, 1926. seriaiiv.` 149,332. i

f naal more, in the novel arrangements and combinations o-f the various devices andpartsl as Well as inthe details of theconstruction ofthe said parts, all lof whichvwill bemore fully described lintheLfollowi-n, ,-f specifica- 60 tion, and then finally embodied inthe clauses of vthe i claims which are( appended toV and which :form :an yessential part of theysaid specification.

A practical einbodimentof the 'invention' 65 j is represented in the accompanying` draW- ings, in the several liigures ofzwliich similar characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding.parts, j 1 j Inthe said drawings, Figurelis a. View," partly inside elevation andgpartly insection oftlie'main reedfoldingdevicezorap-y paratus, showingfthe movable parts-:thereof in their normal initial positions, said: .view illustrating in connectionftherewitha number of'reedsplacedinposition, prior to locking or holding the `reeds in positio`n within 4 said dev iceor apparatus.' Figure 2 isa vside elevation of the said main yfolding device or apparatus, with the inserted reedslield 8.0- inV position within the ,device ory apparatus,

prior to the bendingA or foldinggofthereeds in the middle; and Figure .3 is vaftopcr plan `view of the'several parts of thedevicefor.

apparatus as representedfin said Figure 2. Figure 4 is `a sideelevation ofthejreed folding device .or apparatuspwith theireeds heldin positionftherein, butshownreversed from the positions indicated insFiguresl nection Atherewith a supplemental reed-fold# ing frame' fory foldingy the ejitending por-"-' tions ofthe reeds over and-uponthe :pre-

viously clamped portions ofthe reeds .within I i the main'folding device` or apparatus ,i and4 Figure 5' is a similar view, showing the said *i supplemental reed-folding frame, rotated over and `down upon thesaid-Inainreedl` folding device or apparatus."v i

Figure 6 yis .a side elevation of `fthe. said .100l

main reed-,foldingv device andv fofgthevgsaid supplemental .reed-folding frame, showing the reeds,"in the formofa tuft,clamped within the main folding deviceor apparatus, and with the supplementaly framezeli'own again in its removed position from above the y said main reed-folding device or apparatus aIld Figure 7 isa'vsimilarview ofthe device and parts, as represented in said nel di' lifted *from 1t-lie' bench or table upon =Wliiel1 it'was preyjiouslyplaeed, for yinsertion. ofthe itiiftf means of thesaid device -or-vappa- I means of `pivot-bolts or pins' 23, a second set Y VfSratus'1n'abifushframe.L l Y Figure 8 is a top'or plan View of the 'devices and partsfwlien I represented fin. the

positions indicatedin said `Figure V6; and Figure 9 isa transverseVerticali.seetioineny Vl an: enlarged scale, said section being taken k ilatter iframe/'beingrndicatedlinifdotted 7 w N y f Y' neetedwitli;and'extendingfrointlie'opposite ffeharaetersfbfvreferencefare emr; inrf'll leffftlie said above fdescribed Y,

' 1 asf 30.' f Gonne'cted` ,Witfliad 'extendingtfrom l one of said membersY 8 is* an arm 31,"tl1ejfree f ,'v'lwsft indicate' Correspondingrparts.

'i i tdthe"seyeraltiguresofthe efereneeoliaracter, 1-1nd-4 af fragmentary- 'portlon of arf `jpl" sub antially` as shown iff-Figures 1 ate i'salso provided 4"with Istandards l,or

vareprovidedfu'ponlftheir" out'er' faces rnembers ST9 vandy "10,`the' 3said members 10 kloof "-feridf'nieinberg'sis'ja' platelike extension 17,

i orided with4r upwardly; projectingpintletensioni- 17 is a suitably 'shaped' bar" 19 which ratusG-ieornprises l`a reed-reneivingl thflonkitudinally extending; side-l Y 7;; andan-itsother-mdf'the side-walls j 'th outwyardly prejeetin X4members 8 with' f positei direetions` from lsaidlv members Y8, lother f'seryingordinarilyg* asstandards'jor Vsup- Q @Iorij'the'lei'fi'c'e;` as, will be evident. *Asl he v'inembers9 are provided with ref h-ichA vproj ect suitably "Stingers, 112,-thef'sfaidf likeyyisef formed v"Witlif suitably Sllriped A "bdf-:platefywhieh ispartially closed byY the`Y portions 'of Whioliware pivotally eonneet-ed by of arms 24 which Vare connected at the oppo-V site i endeportions byxia laterally extending looking rod or bar 25, adapted to enter the vpreviously mentioned receiving slots 11 and to enter into holdingl or looked engagement `with the retaining-.lugs yor*ii igers 12'. `Alsox betweenfsaidarms'24C7V is a suitably formed ends of' the si'deWalls'an-d'fl, are elaine-ntsi @aandee-pfovidea-waareceiving openings,

eiidportionf'32." of' which terminates at @one side' of lthe opening `SOas shownan tli'eseve" .to 'be hereinafter lmorev fullysetfoifth. 'Pivot l ally attached to thefpreviously Yn'ieifit'one,d :standards o'r'legs 7 by means. of*pivot-'boitsi,V yoripins'` 33 is ant-lierepa/ir*of armsrSM-and. lpivotally connected'` With the Vouter ends i of 'l arms 34, bygrneans of piv`ot-boltsA orpins i '35,V are other varrnswhicharefconneetedat I their opposite end-portions:byj a laterally ex-JK eral'figures of'ftliedrawings, ytlie-'said"end-` 'f portion 32 providing a' 'stop for the purposes `tending lo'cking'fbar or,-ro"d37,-adaptedto lenter into holding 'or looked engagementfwith the previouslymentioned lugs orf` fingers 14,.

suitably-'formed liandlelor gripping element, Y

lrodBT finto' or outfof` engagement lWitlr-'tlie said lugsv ortfingers 14,2 as-yyill be evident. y

'Extending rearwardly 'from the members 8 of the above-described mainFV foldi-ng'lde'vice 4or apparatus are av pair of resilient holding as V3.9,"formovingA the ysaid locking bar or -be'presently moreffullyset'forth. ff

addition Witligtlie* hereinabove 1described main Vdevicel oreapparat'us, l -prefer L.to-employanotherEbenen,v table, or .suitable l ings] Tliesebloeks 13; as-ivill be seen-more partfiicularly'j from a Figure 8 of4 tlief drawings, are Connected atrone end by Aa laterally verfA .v tendingportioni 45,1 against which the( herel inabove'deseribed main folding' device, with the lreeds oljamped thereinA in their -no1i'-fold ed positions,'-fabuts,V fwhen said device 1in its reversed position is shoved between the two blocks 43, thus bringing the several devices 1 and parts in the relative positions, repre sented in Figure 4 of the drawings.v f

The previously mentioned reed-folding frame, as will be seenfrom said Figures 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the drawings, comprises a pair of suitably spaced brackets 46,v se#` cured to said table or bench 41 by means of.

bolts 47, or other suitable fastening mea-ns. The Iframe itself consists of a pair of Vlongitudinally extending members48, formedl v at one end with angular portions 49, which are pivotally connected by means ofpivot- Vbolts or pins 50 with the `said brackets 46,

the said members 48, at their opposite ends, being connected by means o-f rod or bar 51 which serves as a handleor lifting element for the purposes to be presently more fully described. lAs shown, the said members 48,

-v in suitable locations are provided with supporting members or legs, as- 52, and with lat- ."erally extending lugs 53 .and 54, which are therewith,'substantiallyas shown in Figure suitably perforated, as.shown,`so `as to provide guides, for movable arrangement with. the said guides of suitably shaped bars 55 and spring-supported rodsV 56 connected 9 of the drawings'. The said bars 55fare of such lengthsl that their end-portions 57 will provide guiding stays, between which lthe extending portions of the reeds, see' Figure 4 of the' drawings,'are arranged so .as to pre-v vent lateralspreading ofthe bunched reeds, as .will be evident.

are further provided .with suitably formed` The said members 48 projections 58, vconnectedvby a laterallyV eX- tending bending element orbar, as 59, 'and witha set of V-shaped projections 60,'adapted when in the position represented in Fig?l ure' 5 of the drawings to' enterthe herein* `before mentioned /\shaped receiving openf ings 15, as shown in said figure;V rHaving in the foregoing described the general arrangements and constructions, of-

` the. severaldevices and parts comprising t my 4novel reed-tuft'forming,and bending device tion between the-members 62 the requisite number of reeds 63 isr arranged within the reed4receiving frame, with the end-portions 64 ofthe reeds projecting from the end ofthe said frame, A'substantially as shown in said figure. The end-portions ofl the bunch of bristles locat-edl upon the bedplate 2 and between the side-walls?) and 4,

-" are now securely clamped by meansofthe locking rod or bar v25 in fixed positions -within the said frame, by 'moving'the arms usual-rod 61, substantially as illustratedin .said Figure AlO. By means of the grippingr thereto.

22 and 24 from their positions represented in said Figure 1 to the positions shown in Figure-s 2 -and 3 ofthe drawings, the rod or bar 25havin`g entered the receiving slots 11 and `beingbrought into holding engagem-ent with the retaining lugs -or fingers 12.

This much ofthe device orapparatus is now'lifted from the table or bench 1 and in its reversed relationin'serted between the two blocks 43 upon the table or bench 41, substantially as shown in Figure 4 of the drawings, with the projecting end-portions 64 of the bristles arranged between the an- Y guiar portions 49 of the frame-members 48, and between' the guiding-stays 57, and restlingfalso upon the laterally extending bending element or bar 59. Byrotation of the bending frame directly over the main reed- 'suy receiving frame,A arranged' between the blocks43, as indicated in Figure 5 ofthe draw-ings, the reeds are .also bent in their middle, so as to produce a reed-tuft,asl shown -in-said last-mentioned figure.y When thek various devices and parts` are inthe relative positions represented in said Figure `5, the arins V34 and `36. are moved from thel positions shown in Figure4 to the positions indicated in said Figure l5, with the locking rod or bar 3T having entered the receiving slots ,13 and 'being brought into holding en "gagement with theretaining lugs o r fingersV 14, as clearly indicatedfinsaid'v Figure l5.

This having been accomplished, vthe .reed folding frame, comprisingthe 4members 48, is again turned back into its normal posie tion indicated in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings, to permit.l of t-he removal of the reed#l tuft carrying frame from between the blocks 43, as shownin said Figure 7. As indicated in'Figure l0 of the drawings,zthe folded por#y tion `of the ,reedtufu with the inainffilding' device in which the tuftis clamped, as herebrush-flame` )betweenf-two of. its members 62, and jsecured infposition by means ofthe members .oi-handles 27 and 39, the various Viii-above'vdescribecb is" thenl insertedafin ythe i v clamping devices are thereupon disengaged to permit of the main folding device to be removed from the tuft fixed inv placein the brush-frame, for the production of another reed-tuft and foiA securing the latterin its cated insaid Figure 10 ofthe drawings.

'fixed position in the bruslifrarne, adjacent 'l to the previously secured reed-tuft,as indil 0f course, I' am aware, that changes may ,1

be made inthe general' arrangements and combinations of the various y'devices 'and pai'ts,as 'wellas `in the details of the con-7'] struction of the said parts, as set forth in a the foi'egoingspeciication, and as defined inl the clauses of the `claims which are appended fence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements Vand i to' clamping said bent 4reed-portions within saidimam trame. l v

6. In a reed-tutt forming device, a mam frame adapted to receivey ay quantity of vstraight reeds, so that portions of the reeds lwill projectirom an end of said `raine,xsaid frame comprisingy a bed-plate provided with longitudinally extending side-walls and.` af connecting end-wall, said side-walls being provided with receiving slots and retaining.-

ngers and means connected with'said bedplate vtor clamping the inserted vportions of the reeds in said'irame, comprising al platelike extension, pintle-receiving ears carried by said extension, a pair ot arms pivotally connected with said ears, a second set oit' arms pivotally connected with said iirstmentioned arms, and a locking rod between said second-mentioned arms adapted to enter. said receiving slots and engage said retain-` ing fingers for clamping the reeds in position, combined with a supplementary iframe Y:sol

for bending the projecting portions of the reeds, andan additional clamping means connected with said main rame, for clamping the bent portions of the reeds in position within said main frame so as to produce a tutt, said supplementary frame comprising a pair of brackets, longitudinally extendin members pivotally connected. with sai brackets, a lifting barconnecting the free end-portions of said longitudinally extending members, and a bending element conl longitudinally extending side-walls 'and a. connecting end-wall, said side-walls being like extension, pintle-receiving earscarried ,by said extension, a pairof arms pivotally connected with said ears, a second Setofl varms pivotally connected with Vsaid first-4' mentioned arms, and a. locking rod between said second-mentionedarms adapted Vto enter I' nected with and extending laterally between said members.

7. In a reed-tutt forming device, a mainV frame adapted to receive a quantity of straight reeds7 sovthat portions 'of the reeds will project from an end of said frame, said frame comprising a bed-plate provided with provided with receiving slots and retaining fingers, and mean-s connected with said bed-v plate i'or clamping the inserted portions of the reeds in said frame, comprising a platearms, and a locking rod between'said last-' mentioned second set of'arms adapted to enter the receiving slots in the above-men-v tioned 'supporting members and-engage the4 Y retainino lin ersof saidsu oortin -members,"combined with a supplementary frame4 for bending the projecting .portions of thel reeds prior to clamping said bent reed-portions ;within said mainframe, said supple-l mentary frame "comprising a vpair oi" brackets, longitudinally `extending members 'l pivotally 'connected withsaid brackets', la f lifting bar connecting the freetend-portions` of said longitudinally' extending members,

and Ia Abending element connected with and l i extending laterally between saidinembers.' f 8. The herein-described reed-tutt forming A device comprising a bed-plate provided with longitudinally extending 'side-walls and connecting end-wall, said' device being pro-` vided at opposite sides of the bedplate atthe l end near said end-wall with a pairof independently acting reed-clamping means.

9. The herein-described reedtutt forming device Vccmprising a bed-plate provided with longitudinally extending side-walls and a connecting end-wall, said device being provided at the end near said end-wall at opposite sides or the bed-plate with fa pair of independently acting reed-clamping means,each i 'clamping means yconsisting of two sets -of pivotally connected arms, and a locking rod ybetween one set of the arms oteachclamping means, and the `said device being provided with receiving slots and `retaining fingersv for lentrance of. the respect-ive locking rods into the respective slots and 'for engagement with the respective retaining fingers.

x10. The-herein-described reed-tutt forming device comprisinga bed-plate provided with longitudinally extending side-walls and aconnecting end-wall, said device being provided at the end near said' end-wallv at opposite-sides of the bed-plate witha pair of indep endently acting lreed-clampingmeans, each clamping meansv consisting ofxtwo sets of pivotally connected arms, and a locking rod v Y between one set of the arms of each clamp-- .ingmeans`, vand the'said device being pro- 7 vided with receiving slots and retaining fingers for entrance `of the respective locking rodsinto the respective'slots and for engagement Vwith the respective retaining lingers,

and a gripping kor lifting element'pivotally connected with one set of the arms of each clamping means. f j v11. Thev herein-'described reed-,bending frame for use'in end to end alignmentwith a reed-tutt forming device, comprising a pair of fixed brackets, longitudinally extending laterally spaced vmembersY pivotally" connected with said brackets', av hand grip connected between the free end-portionsof said engaging and bending element 'connected withV andV extending-laterally betweenfsaid i longitudinally'extending members, guiding r stays slidably connected with said longitu'- 130 l l1251' longitudinally extending. members, vva reedv 'f 

